• September 12, 2013
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Posted September 12, 2013   The National Farmers Union (NFU) recently concluded its Fall Legislative Fly-In, where the Board of Directors...

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• September 12, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted September 12, 2013   The House of Representatives will likely vote next week on a bill to cut $40 billion...

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• September 11, 2013
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Posted September 11, 2013   The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction...

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• September 11, 2013
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Posted September 11, 2013   A new report released by USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) shows significant reductions in the...

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• September 10, 2013
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Posted September 10, 2013   Julian Alston, agricultural and resource economics professor at the University of California-Davis, says that investments in...

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• September 10, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted September 10, 2013   At a recent town-hall meeting, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) indicated that the House...

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• September 9, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted September 9, 2013   On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a study on arsenic levels in rice...

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• September 9, 2013
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Posted September 9, 2013   Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) asked that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to discontinue its I-9...

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• September 6, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted September 6, 2013   The University of Illinois Extension will host a free webinar on proposed food safety rules under...

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• September 6, 2013
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Posted September 6, 2013   Environmental groups recently filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S....

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• September 5, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted September 5, 2013 On October 10, 2013 from 12 – 1 p.m. (CDT), the National Agricultural Law Center and...

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• September 5, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted September 5, 2013   According to a report released by USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), USDA made 239 “high-dollar”...

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• September 4, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted September 4, 2013   USDA has released a report containing methods for quantifying entity-scale greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals...

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• September 4, 2013
• Elizabeth

  Posted September 4, 2013   A U.S. District Court judge denied defendants’ motion for $3 million dollars in attorneys’ fees...

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• September 4, 2013
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Posted September 4, 2013 The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) announced that it has finalized the Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement...

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• September 4, 2013
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Posted September 4, 2013 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that it will reopen the public comment period for...

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• August 30, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted August 30, 2013 The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) published a final rule revising the Food Distribution Program on...

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• August 30, 2013
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Posted August 30, 2013 The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) requests comments from the public on the interim environmental...

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• August 30, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted August 30, 2013 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the receipt of applications to add new food uses...

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• August 30, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted August 30, 2013 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a $25 million damages award...

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